re: Using employer’s wifi on personal phone and tablet

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What kind of job do you have where you can watch HBO Max at work?

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Never spent time on a production platform in the GoM I see.

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If the company was really worried about employees dicking around on the internet though, they’d just have the IT department block the websites people were wasting time on. Lots of company networks have social media websites, Youtube, Amazon, etc blocked on the company wifi network.

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Or they don't think anyone would be fricking stupid enough to login and watch movies over their wi-fi during work hours, while at work.

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Lots of company networks have social media websites, Youtube, Amazon, etc blocked on the company wifi network.

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Which carries an additional expense that shouldn't ne necessary.

I don’t use use it. I turn wifi off when i get to work. They don’t need to see I scroll Tiger Droppings or anywhere else. I also don’t use their internet for personal use unless I’m looking up something real quick. Some folks bring their tablets and hook up to the wifi or let their phones run on it.

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Even has keylogger on all computers.

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I would never work for a company that does this.

I guess if you have to ask it’s probably no.

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Which carries an additional expense that shouldn't ne necessary

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No it doesn’t. Most home routers nowadays come with parental controls that allow you to block certain websites. I can go into my router settings and add websites to the blocked list on my kids devices in about 2 minutes.

You’re telling me that a company who deems it necessary to have an in-house IT staff that monitors network usage wouldn’t already be providing said IT staff with security tools that can at least do what my $100 router from Best Buy can?

ETA: not saying it’d be a good idea for OP to be streaming HBO at work. But I don’t see how the IT department will be able to know its him if he’s streaming from a personal device and said device name isn’t something personally identifying. If all his IT department has to work with is “iPhone 13” as a device name and the IP/MAC address, they can’t tie it to a specific employee unless that employee is the only one in the office at a particular time or someone actually witnesses them streaming at work.

Yeah I think I’ll take that advice and just download the shows so I don’t have to watch it on their wifi. I really don’t think it’s a problem but I’m not going to take chances anymore.

Just know that IT can tell or figure out what you are doing on their network and your company most likely has a policy prohibiting or severely limiting your use of their internet service for non-work related activities.

If you choose to ignore that, then you run the risk of being fired for doing so.

From now in I will either use my cellular or download the episodes to my tablet before going to work. frickers ain’t getting me for enjoying my work time.